Example sentences for: indians

How can you use “indians” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The family at the center of the novel belongs to a small, insular community whose inner workings are foreign even to most Indians.

  • Led by Louis Riel, Métis descendants of Indians and French fur traders waged an armed struggle for land rights on the Red River in the face of the expansion-hungry railway builders.

  • John Demos, an eminent historian of early America at Yale, wrote a fascinating book several years ago called The Unredeemed Captive , about a white woman in colonial New England who was abducted by Indians and lived much of her life among them.

  • Of the notable stories in this collection, "A Coupla Scalped Indians," published in 1956 and possibly a fragment for a new novel, is the biggest disappointment, since it is the latest Ellison work here.

  • The several ceremonial ball courts discovered and excavated here suggest the site was one of the Indians’ major centers of worship.


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